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I look for a word that means " to decrease" which can sound formal and fit the following context. For example can I use "to abate" ?

When we use body language correctly, the emotions and feelings that we attached to words incarnate and become visible while the ambiguity of words ...............

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"...diminishes."

Correcting the subject-verb agreement slightly:

When we use body language correctly, the emotions and feelings that we attach to words incarnate and become visible while the ambiguity of words diminishes."

From dictionary.com:

to lessen; decrease

From using it as a native English speaker, "diminish" is probably the best word in the given context.

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Any one of the following would work in your context

diminish
lessen
dissipate
decrease
recede
abate
are mitigated

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